As players who keep a close eye on digital storefronts are well aware, the end and beginning of the year are prime times for licenses to expire. The end may be near for Transformers: Devastation and The Legend of Korra.

With a new Transformers movie hitting cinemas recently, it came as no surprise to most when Activision announced a game to coincide with its release. What was a surprise however was the news that the game would see a switch in developer from High Moon Studios to Edge of Reality, and even more surprisingly, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark would attempt to merge High Moon’s G1 inspired universe with the very different Michael Bay movie fiction.